Adventure Comics (1938 series) (DC) #290
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| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Number | 290 |
| Volume | |
| No Volume | No |
| Display Volume With Number | No |
| Indicia Publisher | |
| Indicia Publisher Not Printed | Printed |
| Brand | |
| No Brand | No |
| Publication Date | November 1961 |
| Key Date | 1961-11-10 |
| Year On Sale | None |
| Month On Sale | None |
| Day On Sale | None |
| On Sale Date Uncertain | No |
| Indicia Frequency | |
| No Indicia Frequency | No |
| Price | 0.10 USD |
| Page Count | 36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 28.67) |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| No Editing | |
| Barcode | |
| No Barcode | Yes |
| Notes | Two pages of letters in this issue. |
| Keywords | |
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Sequence 0
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 0 |
| Title | The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | cover |
| Feature | Superboy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Job Number | |
| Script | |
| No Script | X |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | Sun Boy |
| Synopsis | |
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| Notes | Two pages of letters in this issue. |
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Sequence 1
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 1 |
| Title | The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | comic story |
| Feature | Superboy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | George Papp |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 13.67 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | Tom Tanner (Clark Kent look-alike); Lana Lang; Kents; Sun Boy imposter; Sun Boy, Legion of Super-Heroes app, Chief Parker, Superboy robots, Ma Kent, Lana Lang, Kryptonite |
| Synopsis | A Fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon. Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity. |
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| Notes | partially refried from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adv #191 |
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Sequence 2
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 2 |
| Title | Wanted: Safe Bus Riders |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | public service announcement |
| Feature | |
| Genre | psa |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Jack Schiff |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Bernard Baily |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
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| Notes | |
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Sequence 3
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 3 |
| Title | Scarey Movie |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes |
| Type | filler |
| Feature | Ollie |
| Genre | gag |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | Man's hair doesn't stand up because it's a wig |
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Sequence 4
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 4 |
| Title | The Invasion of the Bizarro World |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | comic story |
| Feature | Tales of the Bizarro World |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | John Forte |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 11 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr; Living Blue Kryptonite creatures (intro); Bizarro Hipster No. 1; Bizarro Olsen; Bizarro Perry White |
| Synopsis | The Bizarros celebrate when their world is invaded by animated Blue Kryptonite statues, until the invaders try to make it round again. Then war breaks out. The Blue Kryptonite radiation was unblocked by regular lead suits but blocked by imperfect duplicates of the same lead suits. |
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Sequence 4
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 4 |
| Title | Borrowed Umbrella |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes |
| Type | filler |
| Feature | Shorty |
| Genre | gag |
| Job Number | |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | Borrowed umbrella clearly marked with Shorty's name |
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Comments
| Commenter | Comment | Revision | Timestamp | Old State | New State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous User | This change is a temporary migration representing the state of the database at the time of the new site deployment. It will be replaced by history assembled from our old database soon. | 2010-11-20 09:40:26 | Available | Approved |
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